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The Splintered Mind

Eric Schwitzgebel

Reflections in philosophy of psychology, broadly construed. Blog by Eric Schwitzgebel, American professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. His main interests include connections between empirical psychology, philosophy of mind, and the nature of belief, as well as Classical Chinese philosophy.

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Let's define a discussion arc in philosophy as a curve displaying how frequently a term appears in philosophical journal abstracts, titles, and keywords. Discussion arcs can reveal trends over time, as they come and go. For example, "ordinary language" was a popular topic of discussion in the 1960s: [click to...
Our understanding of the nature of consciousness derives mainly from our understanding of the nature of consciousness in our favorite animal (us, of course). But the features of consciousness in our favorite animal might be specific to that animal rather than universal. Let's consider two such features and whether...
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